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Louise Pelletier receives a new grant

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Louise Pelletier obtains a PAFARC research grant (part 10) on the exhibition of design worth $17,000 for the period 2019-2023 at the Université du Québec à Montréal

Carmela Cucuzzella published a new book

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Carmela Cucuzzella published a new book, Analyzing Eco-Architecture Beyond Performance, at JFD Editions.

At a time when environmental architecture is proliferating in all its forms around the world, adopting ever more complex sets of tools, this book provides an overview of the state of the field. It provides a critical introduction to the study of environmentalism in architecture. Written especially for students and researchers who work in the field of environmental architecture, this book reveals the spectrum of approaches practiced today.

The text includes:

  • An abridged history and overview of environmentalism in the field of architecture.
  • A clear methodology for analyzing the included 29 cases, which can also be adopted for further guidance in a variety of architectural design projects.
  • Assessments of 29 buildings: 10 libraries, 10 museums and 9 university buildings from around the world.
  • Analyzing Eco-Architecture: Beyond Performance is essential reading for students, researchers and practitioners involved in the study and design of environmental architecture today.

Lucie Palombi, doctoral student, receives a FRQSC scholarship for her research project

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Lucie Palombi, individualized doctoral student under the supervision of Jean-Pierre Chupin, receives a doctoral research scholarship from the Fonds de Recherche Société et Culture du Québec, worth $77,000 over 4 years (from 2020 to 2024) for the research project entitled “La mise en compétition de l’écriture en architecture. Herméneutique du texte gagnant et de l’ouvrage primé”, attached to the Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence.

Mandana Bafghinia, doctoral student, receives a Cardinal and Hardy scholarship for her research project

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Mandana Bafghinia, doctoral student in architecture under the direction of Jean-Pierre Chupin, receives the Cardinal and Hardy scholarship, valued at $8,000, for the research project “Habiter les toits, dialogue in the shadow of high-rise buildings”, attached to the Research Chair in Architecture, Competitions and Mediations of Excellence

LEAP takes part in 27 brainstorming sessions on the determinants of quality in architecture

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For three weeks in May 2020, 3 groups of researchers and professionals across Canada participated in 3 brainstorming sessions per week, with 9 Zoom sessions per group, for a total of 27 sessions.

This series of remote exchanges is part of both the establishment of a large collaborative and research network on the quality of built environments (AREA) and the design of a digital platform or « Atlas of Excellence in Architecture » capable of supporting long-term research on the understanding and dissemination of best practices in the Canadian context (AEA). This database is decentralized and in open access.

Coordination: Jean-Pierre Chupin (Université de Montréal), Terrance Galvin (Laurentian University)

Doctoral students and assistants: Mandana Bafghinia, Aurélien Catros, Sherif Goubran, Firdous Nizar, Lucie Palombi, Alexandra Paré, Anne-Lise Belbezet

Ipek Tureli (McGill University), Carmela Cucuzzella (Concordia University), Jean-Pierre Chupin (Université de Montréal) are participating in the online version of the major annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians

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On May 1st, Ipek Tureli (McGill University), Carmela Cucuzzella (Concordia University), Jean-Pierre Chupin (Université de Montréal) are participating in the online version of the major annual conference of the Society of Architectural Historians originally scheduled to be held in Seattle in May 2020.

Ipek leads the PS25 session: The Campus: Pedagogy and Spatial Imagination, while Jean-Pierre presents in the PS25 session and Carmela in the PS23 session (Urban Affects: A New Materialist Approach to the Global City).

Georges Adamczyk and Anne Sabourin led a workshop

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Georges Adamczyk, professor at the Université de Montréal and Anne Sabourin, guest professor at the School of Architecture and doctoral student at UQAM under the direction of Louise Pelletier, led a workshop in the third year of the bachelor’s degree. This workshop proposed a critical reflection on the question of the architecture program as well as a disciplinary opening towards contemporary dance creation and scenography.